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Date: 1952
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 10, 1952.
The Post described, “The two gentlemen pupils in our dance teachery are of opposite types, the grim foot-analyst and the carefree charge-about who lets feet fall where they may. The analyst will carefully shove his shoes around according to the dotted line around according to the dotted line on Stevan Dohanos’ chart, but when he comes to the end of the dotted line and is on his own, he will tend to go to pieces from fright. As he improves, he will have to be broken of the habit of peering down at his feet instead gazing into his partner’s eyes. Gradually the other man will be tamed down to a system of antics that any reasonably psychic woman can follow without catastrophe. And don’t worry about the lady pupil; that able young man will slowly but surely hitch wings to her clodhoppers.”
(The Saturday Evening Post, May 10, 1952, p. 3)
- Creator:Stevan Dohanos (1907-1995, American)
- Creation Year:1952
- Dimensions:Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: 31171stDibs: LU38431652833
Stevan Dohanos
Stevan Dohanos was born in the steel mill town of Lorain, Ohio, on May 18, 1907. Dohanos studied at the Cleveland School of the Arts. He is best known for the covers, more than 100, he painted for The Saturday Evening Post magazine during the 1940s and 1950s. His work appeared frequently on its covers. Most of his illustrations depicted common scenes of everyday post-war American life, such as a mobile home complete with pink flamingo, a gas station attendant inflating a child's toy or a souped-up motorcycle in the owner's driveway. His works are often compared to those of Norman Rockwell. Dohanos was influenced by The Eight namely Henri, Sloan, Glackens, Shinn, Prendergast, Davies, Lawson and Luks. During the 1960s, his designs were used on 25 postage stamps. From 1961–63, he served as a President of the Society of Illustrators and in 1971 was elected to the Society's Hall of Fame. He was a founder of the Famous Artists School in Westport. Dohanos died on July 2, 1994, in Westport, Connecticut.
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